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... long , long hours of summer play , In the shade of the apple - tree . Each year shall give this apple - tree A broader flush of roseate bloom , A deeper maze of verdurous gloom , And loosen , [ 38 ] POETICAL FAVORITES.
... long , long hours of summer play , In the shade of the apple - tree . Each year shall give this apple - tree A broader flush of roseate bloom , A deeper maze of verdurous gloom , And loosen , [ 38 ] POETICAL FAVORITES.
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... gives Nature's law , That man was made to mourn . " Look not alone on youthful prime , Or manhood's active might ; Man then is useful to his kind , Supported in his right ; But see him on the edge of life , With cares and sorrows worn ...
... gives Nature's law , That man was made to mourn . " Look not alone on youthful prime , Or manhood's active might ; Man then is useful to his kind , Supported in his right ; But see him on the edge of life , With cares and sorrows worn ...
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... give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow - worm The poor petition spurn , Unmindful , ' though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn . " If I'm designed yon lordling's slave , By Nature's law designed , - Why was an ...
... give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow - worm The poor petition spurn , Unmindful , ' though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn . " If I'm designed yon lordling's slave , By Nature's law designed , - Why was an ...
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... Give me the soft sigh , whilst the soul - telling eye Is dimm'd for a time with a Tear . Mild Charity's glow , to us mortals below , Shows the soul from barbarity clear ; Compassion will melt where this virtue is felt , And its dew is ...
... Give me the soft sigh , whilst the soul - telling eye Is dimm'd for a time with a Tear . Mild Charity's glow , to us mortals below , Shows the soul from barbarity clear ; Compassion will melt where this virtue is felt , And its dew is ...
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... give thee a silver pound , To row us o'er the ferry . " " Now who be ye , would cross Lochgyle , This dark and stormy water ? " " O , I'm the chief of Ulva's isle , And this Lord Ullin's daughter . " And fast before her father's men ...
... give thee a silver pound , To row us o'er the ferry . " " Now who be ye , would cross Lochgyle , This dark and stormy water ? " " O , I'm the chief of Ulva's isle , And this Lord Ullin's daughter . " And fast before her father's men ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON ALICE CARY angels apple-tree auld lang syne beautiful bells Bingen bird blessed blue Blynken Born brave breast breath bright brother brow child dark dead dear death doth dream dying earth eyes face fair fame father flowers forever glad glory gone grave gray hand hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW JOHN JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER kiss Lady land laugh light lips live look Lord morn mother ne'er never Nevermore night o'er old Kentucky home old oaken bucket poems poet Queen rest Rock rose round shine silence sing sleep smile soldier song sorrow soul star-spangled banner stars sweet tears tell thee There's thine THOMAS MOORE thought to-night tree verse VISIT FROM ST voice wave weary weep wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wind word wrote young